Christ Community Church in Carmel

Christ Community Church's Pastor Tim Kirk and his wife Sally Kirk. (Photo courtesy of Tim Kirk)

Twenty years ago Pastor Tim Kirk and his wife Sally Kirk moved their family to Carmel to plant a network of churches for the Presbyterian Church in America. They started Christ Community Church (CCC) back in 1991. CCC first started meeting in the Clay Middle School cafeteria and then moved to their current location on 131st and Gray several years back. I recently had the opportunity to sit down and talk to Pastor Kirk about the mission of CCC and how that mission relates to the city of Carmel.

Pastor Kirk tells me that the mission of CCC is three-fold, “To exalt God’s glory, to equip God’s people, and to extend God’s Kingdom.” CCC is accomplishing this mission in a variety of ways, impacting everyone from young kids to the elderly and to those in the city of Carmel and those on the other side of the world. Pastor Kirk continues by saying, “As we approach our 20th anniversary, we are really trying to think through what it means to be a church not just in Carmel, but for Carmel.”

Pastor Kirk says that a burning desire of the CCC is to, “Serve the servers.” For example, they recently reached out to our Carmel Firefighters by bringing fresh baked cookies to one of the fire stations. They hope to do similar acts of service for our Carmel Police Officers and other “servers” in our community. To further drive home the point of serving the city of Carmel, Pastor Kirk asks the question, “If Christ Community ceased to exist today would it matter tomorrow?”

Beyond all of this CCC also has many other ministries. They offer Sunday school for the entire family (children-adults). For middle school and high school students, CCC offers a great youth program that involves retreats, and mission trips. CCC also is a hub for a robust college campus ministry called Campus Outreach (www.coindy.org).

Josh Christensen, an attendee of CCC, describes one of the most important characteristics of the church as a, “Body of believers approaching our human weaknesses with God’s honest truth, but gaining an understanding for the grace that heals our most painful imperfections.”

Lastly, Pastor Kirk wanted to share with the city of Carmel that, “We really do believe that the hope of the world is Jesus Christ and His gospel lived out through the local church and the lives each of the members.” CCC truly believes this and cannot wait to get to meet you and your family!

To learn more about Christ Community Church you can visit their website at www.christcommunitycarmel.org or check them out in person at 4770 East 131st Street Carmel, Indiana 46033.

Christ Community Church in Carmel